Nagourney Cancer Blog

I’ve long held that there are no bad cancers, just cancers that we can or cannot treat.

Treatments should really be given more selectively, i.e. “give this chemotherapy only to those people who will benefit from it,” She said.

I received a video from an episode of Americas Got Talent, the popular TV program that features up-and-coming performers.

Genomic findings are a first step. They find targets. The question the patient wants to answer is “Can I hit the target?”

Cancer patients deserve better. Every patient is unique. Their treatment should be as well.

Even here in the potentially curable pancreatic cancer patients, there is a great deal of disagreement on the best treatment.

Nagourney Cancer Institute remains committed to pioneering research and that promise real hope for those affected by pancreatic cancer.

Daniel Werner, a dedicated nurse and a loving fiancé and father, faced the grim reality of a stage 4 colon cancer diagnosis in December 2021

Screening for Pancreatic cancer, even in the highest-risk individuals found not cost effective.

Blood test results offer a “cancer signature” that distinguishes patients with pancreatic cancer from normal individuals.

The NAPOLI-3 trail trial median survival of 11.1 months is exactly the same as the original FOLFIRINOX regimen from 13 years ago.

One of the critical advantages of Functional Profiling over traditional genomic testing is its focus on the actual response of cancer cells.